Gus Almighty. Hiddink before and after the Russian team

“Lucky Dutchman”, “Lucky Gus”, “King Gus” (Dutch. - Tsaar Guus), “Magic Gus”, “Gus Almighty” - this Dutchman received such nicknames over the years of coaching. Now all of Russia knows this name. Monuments are erected to him and they call him the name of babies. His merits to our country are undoubtedly great - this summer he gave Russia a real holiday. Under his leadership, the Russian national football team not only left the group, but also reached the semi-finals, losing to the future champions. For the first time in 20 years, we have medals - bronze so far, but this is already quite a lot for the country, given that the last silver medals we received back in 1988. And now we're in the top four the strongest teams Europe, and scouts of leading clubs are hunting for our players. And for that Guus Hiddink- special thanks to.

Personal data

Guus Hiddink was born on November 8, 1946 in the provincial Dutch town of Varsevelde, which is almost on the border with Germany. The population of the city is only 5000 people. Gus's parents, Gerrit and Jo, still live there. Also in early age Hus's father noticed the boy's ability to play football and gave him to sports school. Hiddink started playing football in a local team called the same as the city. Now it is an amateur club for which local residents play. Gus played in this team until he moved to Dotinchem, where his professional sports career began.

Labor biography

In 1967, Hiddink signed his first professional contract with De Graafschap. In the 1970-1971 season, he tried his hand at PSV, but failed to gain a foothold in the squad and returned to De Grafschap. IN last years career (1977-1980) played for the Dutch NEC, as well as for the American "Washington Diplomats" and "San Jose Erskwijk". As a footballer, he played as a midfielder. In 1981, Hiddink began his coaching career, becoming an assistant coach at De Graafschap. In 1983, he joined the PSV coaching staff, and four years later became the head coach of the club.

In the first season (1987-1988) Hiddink won the championship and the Dutch Cup, as well as the European Cup. Until 1990, Hiddink won another championship and two Cups of the country, after which he headed the Turkish Fenerbahce. A year later, the Dutchman left for the Spanish Valencia, where he worked for three seasons, without winning trophies with the club, but raising the team's game by new level. In 1995, Hiddink accepted an offer to lead the Dutch national team. At the 1996 European Championship in England, he had a conflict with some players, as a result of which midfielder Edgar Davids left the team. The Dutch reached the quarter-finals, where they lost on penalties to the French.

In 1998, at the World Cup in France, Hiddink managed to avoid conflicts with the players, and his team showed a bright game throughout the tournament. In the semi-finals, the Dutch lost in a penalty shoot-out to Brazil, remaining in the end in fourth place. After that, Hiddink left the national team. Before the start of the 1998-1999 season, the Dutchman headed Real Madrid, but worked there for only six months. At the beginning of 1999, he headed Betis for three months. In the summer, Hiddink was supposed to become the head coach of the Scottish Celtic, but the club's board of directors did not approve this appointment. As a result, on January 1, 2000, the mentor led the Korean national team. Hiddink was given the task of successfully performing at the 2002 World Cup at home: to win Korea's first victory in the history of the world championships, to leave the group and go through tournament bracket beyond the Japanese. The Dutchman managed to implement all the points of the program.

The leadership of Korean football offered the Dutchman to extend the contract, but Hiddink chose to return to his homeland in order to lead PSV Eindhoven for the second time. In three years, the club won the Dutch championship three times (2004, 2005 and 2006), and in the 2004-2005 season reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. After that, five leading players left the team.

In July 2005, Hiddink also became the head coach of the Australian national team, which was tasked with getting to the World Cup in Germany. The Dutchman managed to lead the team to the finals of the 2006 World Cup.

In March 2006, information appeared in the Russian media that Guus Hiddink would become the new coach of the national team after the World Cup. Officially, the contract with the Russian Football Union (RFU) was signed on April 14, after which the Dutchman focused on preparing the Australians for the tournament in Germany.

IN group tournament 2006 World Cup Australia first defeated Japan (3:1), then lost to Brazil (0:2), and in decisive match achieved a draw with Croatia (2:2), which allowed her to take second place and reach the 1/8 finals. There, the players from the Green Continent lost to Italy (0:1), and the only goal was scored in stoppage time from a penalty kick, which experts and fans recognized as more than controversial. In Australia, Hiddink became one of the most popular people. At matches of the national team, fans unfurled posters “No Guus, No Glory” (“No Gus, no glory”), “In Guus We Trust” (“In Gus we believe”) and others. The idea was put forward to introduce a “Gus tax” in the country in order to keep Hiddink from leaving for Russia with the proceeds.

However, in August the Dutchman took up the duties of head coach of the Russian national team. The debut for him was a friendly match with Latvia, won with a score of 1:0. The beginning of the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign turned out to be unsuccessful for Hiddink: in three home matches, his team lost 4 points, drawing with Croatia (0:0) and Israel (1:1) and beating Estonia (2:0).

However, on November 15, the Russian team won a beautiful guest victory over Macedonia (2:0) and came in second in Group E, located between the teams of Croatia and England. On February 7, 2007, Hiddink suffered his first defeat with the Russian national team. IN friendly match against Holland, Russian footballers, who had recently returned from vacation, looked much weaker. The game in Amsterdam ended with the victory of the Netherlands team - 4:1.

In June 2007, the Russian team in qualifying tournament Euro 2008 defeated Andorra (4:0) and achieved an away draw with Croatia (0:0). In September, the Russians beat Macedonia, and then suffered their first defeat under the leadership of Hiddink in an official match, losing on the road to the British (0:3). On October 17, 2007, the Russian national team took revenge on the founders of football by winning in Moscow (2: 1).

The end of the qualifying round turned out to be extremely dramatic for the Russians. On November 17, 2007, Hiddink's team lost to the Israelis in Tel Aviv (1:2), after which her chances of reaching final tournament European Championship became minimal. However, on the last game day (November 21), the Russian team prevailed over Andorra (1:0), and England lost to Croatia (2:3) at home. The Russians took second place in the qualifying group E, ahead of the British by 1 point, and received a ticket to Euro 2008. The performance of the Russian national team at Euro 2008 was a real sensation. The Russians reached the semi-finals and became bronze medalists Euro 2008. Paying tribute to the role that Hiddink played in preparing Russian football players, the press called the coach a "wizard".

Information about relatives

Hiddink's parents - mother Jo and father Gerrit - now live in his hometown of Warssevelde. Despite their advanced age, they closely monitor the progress of their son. Hiddink does not forget his parents. In an interview with journalists, Yo admits: “My son regularly calls me; Once a week we always talk to him on the phone. He shares the news, asks how my father and I are doing. And when there is an opportunity, he comes. Alone or with Elizabeth, his wife. My husband and I love her." Visit Hiddink and grandchildren, the sons of Gus - Mark and Michael, who live in Dotinchem. “They are also rare with us,” says Yo with a slightly sad smile. - Constantly busy at work! But when there is time, they try to get out.” By the way, Gus is not the only son in the Hiddink family. In addition to him, Gerret and Yo have five more sons - Wim, Hans, Rene, Arnold, Karel.

Personal life

Gus' fiancee is named Elizabeth. This dark-skinned Dutch woman moved to the Netherlands from Suriname at the age of 6. Elizabeth is a very erudite lady: she is interested in art, literature, history, including Russian. Largely thanks to his second half, Hiddink himself was drawn to Russian history - the coach is especially interested in the events that took place in our country at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Hiddink is very kind to his personal life, therefore, does not allow liberties on the part of journalists. Once, one of the Korean journalists asked something frank about Elizabeth. Gus swung to hit him in the face, but they were separated in time.

Hobbies

Our Dutch friend has many hobbies. One of them is the study foreign languages. He can easily be called a polyglot: Guus Hiddink, in addition to his native Dutch, is fluent in English, German, French and Spanish, speaks Italian and Portuguese a little worse, has basic knowledge of Korean and Japanese, and is currently studying Russian. . Hiddink can also be called a music lover: he likes various musical directions. In one of the interviews, the coach was asked if he likes rock. To which Gus replied: “Rock ... Well, yes, I love it. But not only. I'm also interested in the classics. For example, I really like Valery Gergiev. He worked in Holland, I saw him on TV with the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra and was impressed with the way he conducts. But, of course, I also listen to rock music. Once upon a time I listened very actively to Yu-Tu, now sometimes I turn on Deep Purple, County Crouse, Van Morrison ... ”Among other things, Guus Hiddink loves to ride a motorcycle. He even has his own Harley-Davidson.

Enemies

To put it mildly, Guus Hiddink's relationship with the head of the Russian Football Union, Vitaly Mutko, is not entirely warm. The head of the RFU does not have tender feelings for the Dutchman. Everyone knows the story of the contract, which gave rise to a lot of rumors and gossip in the media. Hiddink himself in this story tried to be quite restrained. And, answering questions about the prospects for further work, he said: “I like working in Russia. I will say this: if stability reigns in your football federation, if everyone in the RFU knows the scope of their duties and does their own thing without interfering in the activities of other departments, then Russia will have a great future.”

Companions

Dick Advocaat can be called a longtime friend and colleague of Guus Hiddink. It was he who replaced another legionnaire, Peterzhela, as the head coach of the St. Petersburg team Zenit. The fates of Hiddink and Advocate are inseparable. Both coached PSV Eindhoven, then Dick Advocaat became Hiddink's successor in South Korea. Both almost simultaneously went on a business trip to Russia. Dick Advocaat began his career as a football player in the provincial clubs of Holland and did not achieve great success as a player, but as a coach he achieved a lot. He, like Hiddink, led PSV Eindhoven to the championship. In 1992, he led the Dutch team to the semi-finals of the World Cup. But after an unsuccessful start to the qualifying tournament for the European Championship-96, Dick handed over the leadership of the national team to Guus Hiddink. And he went to PSV and made the club once again the champion of Holland.

In 1997, the lawyer's career continued in Scotland, and again successfully. In his first year on the job, he made Glasgow Rangers Scottish champions. In November 2002, Advocaat returned to the Dutch national team and again achieved success: he managed to take it to the final part of the 2004 European Championship, where the team reached the semi-finals. Already in 2005, he led the UAE team. However, in this hot country, he did not work much and six months later he inherited the South Korean national team from Guus Hiddink. But he failed to repeat the success of his countryman. At the 2006 World Championships, the Koreans did not show good result. Despite this, the Korean Football Association did not want to let the Dutchman go to Russia.

When Advocaat had already signed a contract with Zenit St. Petersburg, the Koreans even went so far as to ask the Dutch specialist to combine work in St. Petersburg and Seoul. But Advocate is not Hiddink. He never works in two places at the same time. For him, the main task is only the championship, and he is not used to half measures. IN football world he is known as a very tough and blunt person. The management of all the clubs where Advocaat worked knows in advance that they are buying not at all a white and fluffy, but a very prickly and uncompromising creature. But this creature leads the clubs to victory.

Weaknesses

Despite a significant list of Hiddink's coaching achievements, it does not include the main one. The teams he trains have never occupied the highest lines in European and world rankings. The teams of Holland and South Korea took only fourth places at the World Championships in 1998 and 2002, respectively. In 2006, the Australian team he coached entered only 1/8 of the World Cup. The Russians, thanks to his instructions, entered the top four strongest football teams in Europe. Perhaps the Dutchman lacks tactical flexibility. His players win when the opposing team allows them to play their game. A striking example of this are last matches- Russia-Sweden and, especially, Russia-Holland. If his players are not allowed to turn around on the field, then this leads to such results as we saw in the Spain-Russia games.

Strengths

Gus has an innate sense of talent. He looked after one of the players who later played with him in the Korean team at the world championship in the Korean military championship, and found another in the lower semi-amateur league. Arriving in the Russian national team, Hiddink immediately made Arshavin a key player in the team and did not fail. Also, Gus's undeniable talent is the ability to inspire confidence in his wards. He makes them believe in themselves and their strength.

Merits and failures

There were no bright achievements in Hiddink's career as a football player. As a coach, he has achieved much more. In chronological order, his accomplishments are as follows:

1986/87 - Dutch champion with PSV
1987/88 - Champions League winner with PSV
1987/88 - Dutch Champion with PSV
1987/88 - Dutch Cup winner with PSV
1988/89 - Dutch Champion with PSV
1988/89 - Dutch Cup winner with PSV
1989/90 - Dutch Cup winner with PSV
1998 - Winner of the Intercontinental Cup with Real Madrid
1998 - World Cup: fourth place with the Dutch team
2002 - World Cup: fourth place with the South Korean team
2002/03 - Dutch champion with PSV
2004/05 - Dutch champion with PSV
2004/05 - Dutch Cup winner with PSV
2005/06 - Dutch champion with PSV
2006 - World Cup: 1/8 finals with the Australian team
2008 - Access to the semi-finals of the European Championship 2008 with the Russian team

His merits were especially highly appreciated in South Korea. After entering her team in the semi-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Hiddink became the first holder of the title of Honorary Citizen of Korea. He received a villa on Jeju Island as a gift, he has the right to free taxi rides in all cities of Korea. A Dutchman can fly for free on the two largest Korean airlines (Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines). The stadium in the city of Gwangju, which hosted several matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, was renamed in honor of Guus Hiddink.

Compromising evidence

Our Dutch friend at one time was not very clean when filling out tax returns, for which he paid the price. In 2006, a court in the Dutch city of Den Bosch sentenced the head coach of the Russian national football team to 6 months in prison with a suspended sentence of 2 years on probation for tax evasion (he was accused of tax evasion in the amount of almost 1.4 million euros). He will also have to pay the maximum possible fine for this kind of crime - 45,000 euros. The sentence turned out to be much milder than the punishment demanded by the prosecutor, who insisted on 10 months in prison. One of the reasons for this, according to the representative of the court, was that around the name of Hiddink "there was already enough negative publicity."

Hiddink was found guilty of providing the Dutch tax authorities with incomplete and false information about his income from January 1 to August 26, 2003. In the court decision, his behavior is regarded as "unacceptable". It was found that Hiddink knowingly provided the tax authorities with false information about his place of residence in 2003. The court considered that he should have informed the tax authorities that during this period he actually lived not in Belgium, but in the Netherlands.

The dossier was prepared based on media materials
KM.RU July 1, 2008

But it is no less interesting to consider it in comparison with two other foreign coaches. Moreover, the backbone of this team, formed Gus Hiddink, lasted almost all eight years - from the selection of Euro 2008 to the qualification of Euro 2016.

GUS HIDDINK

Russian national team under Guus Hiddink: 22 wins, 7 draws, 10 losses. The goal difference is 66-39.
In official matches: 18 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses. Goal difference: 46-23.
Best Match: Russia - the Netherlands - 3:1 (Euro 2008).
Worst Match: Slovenia - Russia - 1:0 (playoffs of the 2010 World Cup qualification).

The first foreigner at the head of the Russian national team remains the most successful so far. Guus Hiddink we must best achievement- bronze medals of Euro-2008. In addition, he also has the highest percentage of wins - 56. And in official matches, even higher - 62%. The Dutchman was at the helm of the national team for two qualifying rounds, having spent 39 meetings with the team - only Oleg Romantsev, who led the national team twice, from 1994 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2002. Hiddink is also the most successful national team coach in the final tournaments of the world and European forums. On his account 3 victories - more than the same Romantsev.

Hiddink suffered his first defeat at the head of the Russian national team more than a year after his appointment. In general, the time of his leadership was the most stable. The lion's share of defeats fell on those matches where our team objectively was not a favorite. Twice they lost big to the Spaniards at the same triumphant Euro, twice they failed to cope with Germany in the selection for the South African World Cup, lost to the British at Wembley. For all these defeats, it was difficult to blame Hiddink. In official matches, the national team did not win in the status of a favorite only twice. First, Israel in the selection for Euro 2008, which almost crossed out all the efforts - thanks to the Croats for helping out. The second fiasco was also the last, since there was no one to save. Having lost to Slovenia in the second leg of the 2010 World Cup qualifying playoffs, he said goodbye to the national team.

DICK LAWYER

Russian national team under Dick Advocaat: 12 wins, 8 draws, 4 losses. The goal difference is 32-13.
In official matches: 8 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses.
Best Match: Czech Republic - Russia - 1: 4 (Euro 2012).
Worst Match: Greece - Russia - 1:0 (Euro 2012).

Work period Dick Advocaat got pretty short. He knew very well Russian football, players of the national team and did not bother himself with experiments, relying on approximately the same squad and trying to squeeze the maximum out of it. In qualifying for Euro 2012, this was generally successful. Although the group - thanks to Hiddink, who significantly increased the rating of the team, got passable. There was no longer any England or Germany - only Ireland, Armenia and Slovakia. On the last one they stumbled, for which Roman Shirokov later called it "collective farm". However, that only defeat for the cycle remained the only one, so it was not difficult to leave the group with 70% of victories.

Dick Advocaat did not particularly succeed in friendly matches in which the team looked amorphous. In them, the statistics were worse than in the official ones - 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. However, on the eve of Euro 2012, the national team defeated Italy in sparring, impressing everyone. So there is an exception to this rule. As in the case of Hiddink, the team seemed to take “their” points regularly. But the same two misfires on two not the strongest rivals eventually cost the Advocate his place. And again, for the first time, it worked out, the home defeat from the Slovaks did not become critical. But when at the Euro the team limply lost in the decisive meeting to the Greeks, nothing could save Dick. Although with his 62% of victories in official matches, he caught up with Hiddink and is well ahead of Capello.

FABIO CAPELLO

Russian national team with: 15 wins, 10 draws, 4 losses. Goal difference - 49-19.
In official matches: 8 wins, 5 draws, 4 losses. Goal difference - 28-11.
Best Match: Russia - Portugal - 1:0 (Euro 2012 qualification).
Worst Match: Algeria - Russia - 1: 1 (World Cup 2014).

If we take the statistics of only official meetings, then 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses is a very modest result for a team that claims first place in the qualifying group and access to the playoffs of the world and European forums. The percentage of wins is only 47, that is, less than half. Under Advocate and Hiddink, it was significantly more, and most importantly, defeats happened less frequently.

The Italian started for health, but then a complete regression began, which will not be replaced by an upswing. Having shown a 100% result at the start of the qualifying round in 2012, the national team Capello won half of the matches in 2013 and only one (!) game out of seven in 2014. So the September victory over Luxembourg remains the only one in the last 8 official games. Against the backdrop of the stability of Hiddink and Lawyer, the Capello team is clearly losing. The Dutch lost a couple of key matches to inferior opponents in strength and did not solve the maximum problem. In the last cycle, Don Fabio seemed to have repeated their path - all the same standard two misfires, non-critical with Northern Ireland and tragic at the World Cup. This time they lost to an equal opponent, Belgium, but the Algerians and Koreans, although they did not concede, did not get decisive points. However, Capello began the new qualification rather in the style of the predecessors of foreigners. Then we had a good tradition to fill up the beginning of the selection, then change the coach ( Byshovets, Gazzaev, Yartsev). . But the draw with Moldova and the defeat against Austria (and this is only after the first 4 rounds of qualification) are already seriously disrupting the schedule that we are used to with foreign coaches.

Guus Hiddink is an outstanding Dutch coach who has experience in many strong clubs in Europe and several national teams, including the Russian national team. He stands out from other mentors with his extraordinary tactical arrangements with an emphasis on the individual skill of each player individually.

Biography

Guus Hiddink was born on November 8, 1946 in the Netherlands, in the town of Warsseveld. He grew up in a large family of teachers. As a child, his main passion was football. G. Hiddink devoted all his free time to his favorite sport, while managing to help his parents.

Guus Hiddink began his playing career at an early age in the city club "Warsseveld", where he was appointed to the position of midfielder. After leaving school, he was enrolled in the Central Institute of Sports Mentors in Overveen, where he was one of the best students and graduated with honors in 1966.

Professional career

After graduation, Guus Hiddink signed a contract with the De Graafschap football club from Doetinchem, while being a team coach for children who are lagging behind in development. He stayed as a children's mentor until 1984, combining this work with the professional activities of a football player.

In 1969, the football player helped De Graafschap reach the first division of the Dutch championship, after which he moved to the Washington Diplomats from the North American football league. Later, Guus Hiddink signed a contract with the San Jose Earthquakes, and some time later he played for the NEK club from Nijmenhem. Gus in 1981 was accepted with honors back to De Grafschap, in which he ended his football career a few years later. On account of Guus Hiddink as a player 500 matches and 80 goals in 15 years of work.

coaching work

Since 1981, after returning to De Grafschap, Guus Hiddink has been an assistant coach. He moved to the same position in 1984 at PSV, where he was promoted to head coach in 1987. Under him, the most titled Dutch club won the Dutch championship three times and the Dutch Cup three times, and also in 1988 took possession of the European Cup (later reformed into the UEFA Champions League). In 1990, Gus signed an agreement with Turkish club Fenerbahce, and the following year he was already the head coach of the Spanish team Valencia.

In 1995, he received an invitation to lead the Netherlands national team. In 1998, the World Cup was held in France, where the Dutch team took fourth place in a hard struggle, losing in the match for third place to Croatia.

After the World Cup, Guus Hiddink led Real Madrid, with whom he soon took the Intercontinental Cup. But due to disagreements with the club's management in 2000, he had to go first to Real Betis, and six months later to the South Korean national team. What seemed like a regression to all skeptics, in fact, turned out to be the most correct decision for the coach. In 2002, at the World Cup, held in South Korea, under the mentorship of Guus Hiddink, the national team came in fourth place, which is still the country's highest football achievement.

After this success, the mentor returns to work at PSV, where in 4 years he helps the club win three more national championships, one Cup and one Dutch Super Cup each.

In 2005, Gus was invited to the Australian team, which led them to the 1/8 finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, where they lost to the eventual winner, the Italian national team, in the very end of the match due to a highly controversial penalty.

At the personal request of Roman Abramovich, he was appointed head coach of the Russian national football team in 2006. The mentor's salary was about 7 million euros. Together with the Russian national team, Guus Hiddink created a sensation at Euro 2008. In the heavy group, Russia advanced to the playoffs from second place, which led the team in the quarterfinals to one of the favorites of the tournament - the Netherlands. But Guus Hiddink found the necessary tactical arrangement, and his team won with a score of 3:1. This caused rejoicing throughout the country. Despite the fact that Spain defeated Russia in the semi-finals, the national team led by Gus shared third place with Turkey. But since the coach failed to bring the national team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the coach announced the end of work with the team.

After that, he signed for Chelsea, with whom he won the FA Cup in 2009. G. Hiddink left the post after the defeat in the Champions League semi-finals from Barcelona.

In 2010, the Turkish Football Federation agreed with Guus Hiddink to work with his national team. He was faced with the task of reaching Euro 2012, but the team did not win the play-offs with Croatia and missed this tournament. Guus Hiddink announced his retirement immediately after his absence.

Then he signed a contract with Anji, which, under his leadership, took third place in the Russian Championship.

After that, Guus Hiddink's career began to decline. First, he failed to bring the Dutch national team to Euro 2016, then he failed the season at Chelsea, the team took only tenth place in the English Championship.

Life after coaching career

Now Guus Hiddink lives and works in the USA. He is an analyst for Fox Sports USA.

He meets with the Dutch citizen Elizabeth Pinas, who is several decades younger than him.

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, he coached the Netherlands team, which finished fourth. At the World Championships in Japan and Korea in 2002, he achieved the same result (this time sensational) with the South Korean team. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, he led the Australian national team, which, under his leadership, got to the first World Cup in the last 32 years and performed successfully, reaching the 1/8 finals; at the same time he continued to train PSV.

Before the start of the Euro 2008 cycle, on April 14, 2006, he was approved by the head coach of the Russian national team, and took up his duties from July 2006. The contract was signed for 2.5 years, with the possibility of extending for another 2 years if successful. At the 2008 European Football Championship, the Russian team led by him showed the best results in 20 years and unexpectedly won bronze medals, losing in the semifinals to the future European champion.

Player career

Hiddink began his playing career at the amateur club Warsseveld. He became a professional player by signing for Dutch club De Graafschap in 1967. He spent most of his career here and still cares about this club. In 1970, he played for PSV, but, having lost in the fight for a place at the base, a year later he returned to De Graafschap, where he played until 1976. He also played in the North American League for the Washington Diplomats and the San Jose Airswakes before returning home to sign with the Nijmegen. In 1981, he returned to De Graafschap again, where he ended his playing career a year later. During his playing career, he usually played as a midfielder.

coaching career

Start coaching career

In 1987, Hiddink took charge of PSV Eindhoven, with whom he won the team's first European Cup in 1988. From that moment on, PSV was talked about as one of the three giants of Dutch football, along with Ajax and Feyenoord. Hiddink also won three Dutch football championships between 1987 and 1990.

Netherlands national team (1995-1998)

Hiddink took charge of the Netherlands national team on 1 January 1995. His main principle was the strictest discipline, the commitment to which he demonstrated at Euro 96, when he withdrew Edgar Davids from the national team for negligence in his rules. In the national team, Hiddink adhered to the 4-4-2 formation, with the flanks pushed forward and the support of defensive midfielders. Hiddink left the Dutch national team shortly after losing in the semi-finals of the 1998 World Cup to the Brazilians in the penalty shoot-out.

Spanish Primera (1998-2000)

In the summer of 1998, Hiddink led Real Madrid, with whom he won the Intercontinental Cup, but due to bad results in the championship of Spain in February 1999 was fired. In 2000, he took charge of Real Betis, with whom he also failed to achieve high places in the championship, and in May 2000 he left the team.

Team Korea (2001-2002)

In 2002, Korea, along with Japan, hosted the final of the World Cup. The Korean national team played in it as a host. Hiddink in a relatively short time managed to create a good, well-played team. At the World Cup in South Korea, the team achieved a victory over the Polish team in the first stage (2-0), and after drawing (1-1) with the USA and defeating the Portuguese team (1-0), the South Korean team advanced from the group. Having defeated Italy (2-1) in the 1/8 final match, and then beating Spain (1-0) in a penalty shoot-out, the Korean team reached the semi-finals, where they lost to the German team and eventually took an honorable fourth place for it, losing to the Turkish team in the bronze medal match.

One of the reasons for this was provided by Hiddink, thanks to the features government controlled football in Korea, the opportunity to hold a training camp with the national team lasting about three months, preceding the final tournament of the World Cup; none of the leading teams in the world had such an opportunity. Thanks to this, the physical readiness of the Korean national team significantly exceeded the readiness of all its rivals in the final part. Following the results of the championship, Hiddink in Korea was elevated to the rank of a national hero; he was granted the right to free use of a number of modes of transport, hotel accommodation, etc.

PSV Eindhoven (2002-2005)

In 2002, Hiddink decided to return to his native country, and took over as manager of PSV Eindhoven. During his second stint at PSV, Hiddink won three Dutch championships (2002-03, 2004-05 and 2005-06), the 2005 Dutch Cup, and the 2003 Dutch Super Cup. In Europe, in the Champions League in 2004-05, he led PSV to the club's first semi-final in its current form. (PSV won the European Cup, the forerunner of the modern Champions League, in 1988 with Hiddink as coach). This period at PSV made Hiddink the most successful Dutch manager in history.

Australia national team (2005-2006)

In July 2005, Hiddink also became the head coach of the Australian national team, which was tasked with getting to the World Cup in Germany. The Dutchman managed to take the team to the final of the 2006 World Cup, and in the play-offs, the Uruguay team was beaten in a penalty shootout. The Australians went to the world championship for the first time since 1974.

In the group stage of the 2006 World Cup, Australia first defeated Japan (3:1), then lost to Brazil (0:2), and in the decisive match achieved a draw with Croatia (2:2), which allowed it to take second place and reach the 1/ 8 finals. There, the players from the Green Continent lost to Italy (0:1), and the only goal was scored in stoppage time from a penalty kick, which experts and fans recognized as more than controversial.

In Australia, Hiddink became one of the most popular people. At matches of the national team, fans unfurled posters "No Guus, No Glory" ("No Gus, no glory"), "In Guus We Trust" ("In Gus we believe") and others. The idea was put forward to introduce a “Gus tax” in the country in order to keep Hiddink from leaving for Russia with the proceeds.

However, in August the Dutchman took up the duties of head coach of the Russian national team.

Team Russia (2006)

In August, the Dutchman took up the duties of head coach of the Russian national team. The debut for him was a friendly match with Latvia, won with a score of 1:0. The start of the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign turned out to be unsuccessful for Hiddink: in three home matches, his team lost four points, drawing with Croatia (0:0) and Israel (1:1) and beating Estonia (2:0).

However, on November 15, the Russian team won a beautiful guest victory over Macedonia (2:0) and came in second in Group E, located between the teams of Croatia and England. According to all sports publications in Russia, the match in Skopje was the best match for the national team in several years. Hiddink himself also praised the actions of his wards.

Hiddink's contract with the RFU is designed for four years on a 2 + 2 system. The annual salary of a specialist is two million euros. According to unconfirmed reports, Roman Abramovich became the initiator of Hiddink's invitation to the Russian national team. The coach does not live in Russia permanently, coming to the country from time to time.

On February 7, 2007, Hiddink suffered his first defeat with the Russian national team. In a friendly match against the Netherlands, the Russian footballers, who had recently returned from vacation, looked much weaker. The game in Amsterdam ended with the victory of the Netherlands team - 4:1.

In June 2007, the Russian team in the Euro 2008 qualifying tournament defeated Andorra (4:0) and achieved an away draw with Croatia (0:0). In September, the Russians beat Macedonia, and then suffered their first defeat under the leadership of Hiddink in an official match, losing on the road to the British (0:3); experts noted, however, the rather high quality of the game and the influence of Konstantin Zyryanov's unaccounted clean goal on its course.

On October 17, 2007, the Russian team took revenge from England by winning in Moscow (2: 1). The main hero of the match was Roman Pavlyuchenko, who came on as a substitute in the second half and scored two goals. Before this meeting, RFU President Vitaly Mutko announced that an agreement in principle had been reached with Hiddink to extend the contract until the summer of 2010, thus showing that trust in the coach does not depend on the results of a single, even a key, match. According to Hiddink's later comments, this added to his confidence in the interest of the Russian side in cooperation, which had a beneficial effect on his subsequent work.

The end of the qualifying round turned out to be extremely dramatic for the Russians. On November 17, 2007, Hiddink's team lost to the Israelis in Ramat Gan in the last minutes (1:2), after which their chances of reaching the final tournament of the European Championship became minimal. However, on the last game day (November 21), the Russian team prevailed over Andorra (1:0), and England unexpectedly lost at home to Croatia (2:3), for which the match no longer had a tournament value. The Russians took second place in the qualifying group E, ahead of the British by one point, and received a ticket to Euro 2008.

The performance of the Russian national team at Euro 2008 was a real sensation. Despite the fact that in the group stage of the European Championship the Russians lost to Spain with a score of 1:4, in the future they, having defeated the teams of Greece (1:0) and Sweden (2:0), advanced to the quarterfinals. The meeting of the Russian team with the favorites of the championship - the team of the Netherlands - also became victorious (in extra time, Hiddink's wards confidently beat the Dutch with a score of 3: 1), as a result of which the Russians reached the semi-finals and became the bronze medalists of Euro 2008 (the match for third place is not held , and bronze medals are awarded to both non-finalist semi-finalists). The team's victory was enthusiastically received by Russian fans: on Sunday night, spontaneous mass festivities took place in all cities of Russia according to the same scenario: people went out to the central streets and squares, fraternized, hugged, chanted "Russia, forward!" and congratulated each other on the victory. More than 700,000 people took to the streets in Moscow.

Paying tribute to the role that Hiddink played in the preparation of Russian football players, the press called the coach a "wizard". After the victory over the Netherlands, the media jokingly called him the “Great traitor” (recalling that the day before the Russia-Netherlands game, Hiddink himself joked that he was ready to try on the role of a traitor). However, immediately after the match, Hiddink asked not to call him that, regretting that he had used this word at a press conference before the match.

In the semi-finals of Euro 2008, the Russian team was defeated by the Spanish national team with a score of 0:3. The Spaniards' rivals in the final match were the German team. On the night of June 26-27, the players and members of the coaching staff of the Russian national team were awarded bronze medals of the European Championship.

In July 2008, it became known that for the successful entry of the national team to Euro 2008, the National Football Academy (NAF) intends to pay Hiddink three million euros - a bonus reward, the amount of which was stipulated in the contract concluded with the coach two years earlier. It was noted that Hiddink will receive one million for reaching the final of the European Championship, one for reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 and one for the semi-finals. At the same time it was reported that a new contract would be signed with Hiddink. However, already at the end of 2008, due to the financial crisis in the country, the leadership of the Russian Football Union had difficulties with paying Hiddink's salary. December Russian oligarch, Chairman of the Duma of Chukotka autonomous region and owner football club Chelsea Roman Abramovich announced its intention to allocate $ 5 million to finance the salary of the famous coach. According to media reports, Abramovich personally spoke with Hiddink and assured him that the country "needs him, and regardless of the financial situation in Russia, all obligations to him will be fulfilled."

December 30, 2008 "for merits in the field of physical culture and sports" Hiddink was awarded the honorary title "Honored Coach of Russia".

Chelsea FC

After a series of nondescript games in the championship of England from Chelsea FC was fired Main coach Luis Felipe Scolari. After brief negotiations, Hiddink took charge of Chelsea FC until the end of the 2008/2009 season. In 2009, Hiddink's Chelsea FC won the FA Cup by beating Everton FC 2-1 in the final. Under his leadership, the Londoners reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, where only in the last minute of the second leg they lost a ticket to the final due to the magnificent strike of Iniesta, who equalized the score.

Non-payment of Dutch taxes

In September 2006, the head coach of the Russian national team, Guus Hiddink, appeared before the court in the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch on charges of tax evasion during the period of late January - early February 2006. Hiddink was accused of not paying taxes to the Dutch treasury after returning from South Korea in 2002-2003. In February 2007, the court found Hiddink guilty and sentenced him to a fine of 45 thousand euros (the maximum in this case) and a suspended sentence of 6 months in prison.

Guus Hiddink is a Dutch coach and football player who coached the national teams of Russia, the Netherlands, Turkey, Australia, and South Korea. Gus was born on November 8, 1946 in the Dutch city of Warsseveld in a large family of two teachers Gerrit and Jo, in which five more sons were brought up: Wim, Hans, Rene, Arnold and Karel. The boy from childhood became interested in football, while he managed to help his parents with household chores. Gus learned to milk a cow and handle horses.

In his youth, he began his football career at the local club Varseveld, where Hiddink played as a midfielder. After school, he entered the Central Institute of Sports Mentors in the city of Overveen, from which he graduated with honors in 1966.

Football

Hiddink began his sports biography as a professional footballer. In 1967, Hus signed an agreement with football team Dutinchem club "De Graafschap", while remaining the coach of the youth team of a special school for children lagging behind in development. Gus worked as a school teacher until 1984. Soon the midfielder was entrusted with the duties of an assistant mentor to the main team.

In 1969, the club from Doetinham won the second league tournament and received a place in the first division. After ten years at De Graafschap, Gus became a player in the North American Football League's Washington Diplomats and San Jose Earthquakes, and also played for NEC Nijmegen. In 1981 he returned to De Graafschap for two years. Achievements of Guus Hiddink as a midfielder - 500 matches and 80 goals scored over 15 years of career.

coaching career

Hiddink officially began his coaching career in 1981 at Doetinchem. In 1984, he moved to PSV Eindhoven, where he was promoted to head coach in 1987. Led by Hiddink, the team became the champion of the Netherlands three times and the winner of the Dutch Cup three times. In 1988 the club won the European Cup. In 1990, Gus received an invitation to coaching from the Istanbul club Fenerbahce, and a year later he became the head coach of the Spanish Valencia.

In 1995, Hiddink returned to his homeland and headed the national team. Under the leadership of the head coach, the team finished fourth at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. From the same year, the coach led Real Madrid, which immediately won the Intercontinental Cup. But the president of the club pursued his own interests and lobbied certain players, which went against the policy of Hiddink.

Long disputes forced the coach to move to Betis a year later, and leave Spain a year later. Leading the South Korean national team, Gus led the team to fourth place in the 2002 World Cup, which was the biggest achievement for the national team of all time.

In 2002, Hiddink returned to the Netherlands and took over the PSV team for four years. Under Guus Hiddink, the club's players became the first in the national tournament three times, won the Cup and the Dutch Supercup. Working in Holland, the coach held technical consultations with the South Korean Football Association. In 2005, the coach took over the Australian team, which immediately reached the final of the World Cup.

In 2006, Guus Hiddink, on the initiative, was invited to lead the Russian national team. The contract, under which Hiddink's salary was 7 million euros per year, was signed for 4 seasons. The coach worked with the players on a schedule that included periodic departures of the Dutchman to his homeland. In Russia, Hiddink was warmly treated, many football fans called the national team coach "Hiddink Gus Ivanovich". Photos of the coach of the Russian national team were printed on flags, souvenirs, posters, gift matryoshkas.

In 2008 Russian team sensationally took third place in the European Championship, losing to Spain with a score of 3:0.

Guus Hiddink at Chelsea

After the return of the players to their homeland, a program was organized with their participation, in which artists from the Comedy Club, the Fabrika group performed. IN qualifying competition at the 2010 World Cup, the team was defeated, and Guus Hiddink left the post of head coach.

In 2009, in addition to working in Russia, Hiddink oversaw the English club Chelsea and led him to first place in the FA Cup.

Guus Hiddink - Anji head coach

In 2010, Gus took over as the head coach of the Turkish national team, two years later he moved to the Dagestan club Anji, which he helped to win third place in the Russian Cup. Since 2014, he has led the Netherlands national team for two years.

Personal life

In the mid-60s, Guus Hiddink married the same age as Ina Bemkes, who gave the footballer two sons - Michael (born 1969) and Mark (born 1972).

In the 2000s, the coach began to officially meet with the girl Elizabeth Pinas, his junior by several decades. Hus remained on friendly terms with his first wife, but he never married Elizabeth, but simply calls her a friend.

Guus Hiddink now

For several years, the coach has been on a well-deserved rest, but he constantly monitors the events taking place in the world of football. Now Guus Hiddink works as an expert on the sports channel Fox Sport USA. In 2017, on the instructions of the channel, he visited the Confederations Cup, in connection with which he arrived in St. Petersburg.

In an interview Russian media Guus Hiddink spoke positively about the team composition of the Russian national team, which performed at the Confederations Cup tournament in Russia, and also wished the women's team success at the European Championship. In his free time from football, Gus visited a cancer center for children.

Achievements

Six-time Eredivisie champion
Four-time Dutch Cup winner
European Cup Winner - 1987
Club "Real Madrid" - winner of the Intercontinental Cup - 1998
The fourth place of the Netherlands team at the World Cup - 1998
Fourth place of the South Korean team at the World Cup - 2002
Dutch Supercup Winner - 2003
Third place of the Russian team at the European Championship - 2008
Chelsea Club - Winner of the FA Cup - 2009